Sulzheim, Rhineland-Palatinate

Sulzheim
Coat of arms of Sulzheim Coat of arms
Sulzheim
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Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.	Wörrstadt
Government
• Mayor	Gudrun Kayser
Area
• Total	6.07 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	1,064
• Density	180/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55286
Dialling codes	06732
Vehicle registration	AZ
Website	www.sulzheim-rhh.de

Sulzheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

As a winegrowing centre, Sulzheim lies in Germany’s biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wörrstadt, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

The municipality’s highest elevation is the Schildberg at 209 m above sea level. The Sulzheimer Bach rises north of the municipality.

Neighbouring municipalities

Sulzheim’s neighbours are Armsheim, Ensheim, Gau-Bickelheim, Gau-Weinheim, Spiesheim, Vendersheim, Wallertheim and Wörrstadt.

History

In 766, Sulzheim had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.

Town partnerships

• Sainte-Suzanne, Mayenne, France since 1967

Sainte-Suzanne is the seat of the like-named canton, and it is with this administrative unit that Sulzheim is partnered, thanks to the initiative of Adam Becker from Sulzheim and Victor Julien, conseiller général, maire de Thorigné-en-Charnie, both honorary citizens of Sulzheim. A square in Sulzheim bears Victor Julien’s name; a street in Blandouet bears Adam Becker’s. Sainte-Suzanne has a square de Sulzheim, and Vaiges a rue de Sulzheim. In Sulzheim is a street named Ste.-Suzanner-Straße.

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  Notice about the partnership since 1967

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  Stèle Place Victor-Julien à Sulzheim

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Azure issuant from base a cross pattée Or between four escallops argent.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

Worth seeing is the Baroque Catholic Church of Philippus und Jakobus, built in 1715.

Regular events

The yearly kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerb) is always held on the first weekend in May.

Famous people

On 29 September 2007, 23-year-old Stefanie Ohl was chosen at the Electoral Palace in Mainz as Rhenish-Hessian Wine Queen for the 2007-2008 season.

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  Notice at the way into the village about the 2007-2008 Rhenish-Hessian Wine Queen, Stefanie Ohl

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  Notice at the way into the village about the 2007-2008 Rhenish-Hessian Wine Queen, Stefanie Ohl

Further reading

• Karl-Heinz Kayser, Die Geschichte unseres Dorfes, Chronik Sulzheim, Caritas-Druckerei Mainz-Mombach, 2006

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)